Conditioning Creativity Elementary 
SHAPE America
MARCH 21, 2023
Because I still want my students to get outside for fresh air and some natural vitamin D, I’ve gotten creative with one of my favorite units, which focuses on a standards-based approach with teaching opportunities in social and emotional learning. This is one of the students’ favorite PE activities every year!
Gopher Sport
JANUARY 15, 2025
Heres how Boardball can be adapted to suit elementary and middle school students: Catch and Throw : Allow beginners to catch and throw the ball instead of bumping it, promoting fundamental movement skills in a way that feels approachable. View official giveaway terms and conditions. One entry per person.
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Gopher Sport
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Born with right hemiplegia, a partial paralysis on her right side—a condition as rare as she is unique—Heather has faced physical challenges from day one. It’s something I’ve faced every day of my life, from being unable to walk until age two, to figuring out how to play sports in elementary school with only one good hand.
Better Coaching
DECEMBER 24, 2024
As children grow older, this conditional approval can encourage a cycle of anxiety and fear of failure. Strategies for coaches to reclaim play in sports: Incorporate games that develop fundamental skills but remain fun and creative. The child may feel that they are letting down their parents and, by extension, failing as a person.
Stanford Childrens
MARCH 25, 2024
One boy was a teenager in high school, the other a child in early elementary school. At some hospitals, including Packard Children’s, they are part of the Child Life and Creative Arts team, which works in many different ways to help kids feel like kids while they’re hospitalized. Medical director Harold K.
School Yard
JANUARY 7, 2022
Several years ago, I was teaching at a new elementary school and wanted to get my community involved in family fitness events to promote exercising while having fun. Depending on your location, weather can change daily so if it is too hot or cold or the conditions are not to participants’ liking they don’t have to come. Mike Smith.
Spark PE
JANUARY 14, 2022
It was encouraging that people quickly developed creative approaches to stay active and help their children continue activities. It was notable that physical inactivity was a stronger risk factor for severe COVID-19 than commonly-discussed pre-existing conditions like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and smoking.
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